Flag holder



mm. 15, mm. H. M. SHEMANN. mwms FLAG HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Original Filed Apri 15, 1926 A T TORNE Y.

LSBEAWS mac. 115, mm.

M. SIEMANN FLAG HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Original Filed April 13 192 INVENTOR.

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, helical coil formed of a Patented Dec. l5, 1931',

PATENT OFFICE HENRY M. SIEMANN', 011' FORT IIUPTON, OQIIORADO FLAG HOLDER Application filed Apr1113, 1926, Serla1 mi. 101,700. Renewed September 11, 1981.

This invention relates to flag holders and more particularly to certain new and useful improvements in flag holders of the type shown and described in United States Letters 5 Patent No. 1,325,807 issued to me on the twenty-third of December, 1919.

It is the primary object of the present invention to provide in association with a flag holder of the character above referred to, an

attachment for the support of a plurality of flagsin ornamental arrangement and another ob ect holder having clamping jaws of doubled wire and free from projections liable to injure a support to which the holder is applied.

An embodiment of the invention has been illustrated in theIa-ccompanying drawings in the several views of which like parts are similarly designated and in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the front portion of an automobile, showing the improved flag holder in its operative position together with a number of flags sup ported thereon; Figure 2, a perspective view of the main holding element of the invention, drawn to an enlarged scale;

Figure 3, an enlarged perspective view of the supplemental flag supporting element of 80 the invention; e

' Figure 4, a section through the flag holder taken on the line 1-4: Figure 1;

Figure 5, a section along the line 5-5 Figure 3; and

Figure 6, an enlargedsection in the plane indicated by the line 66 in Figure 1.

Referring more specifically to the drawin gs, the main holder element illustrated in Figure 2, comprises a vertically disposed piece of spring wire. An extension portion 6 of the wire at the lower end of the coil is bent upwardly through the coil to provide a-clamping member and then at substantially right angles, to provide one of a pair .of clamping aws 7 of the invention is to provide a flag and 8 by means of which the device is fastened to a suitable support. The invention is particularly adapted to be used in connection with the filler neck 9 of an automobile radiator 10, as illustrated in Figure 1, for the Eu ose of ornamenting the vehicle by the isp ay of one-0r more ags.

The clamping jaws are formed by doubling the end portions of the wire and bend- 56 ing the doubled ends in arcuate form to conjointly embrace the filler neck of the radia- The jaws-pro er are formed at the ends of arms 12 an 13 diverging respectively I from the upper end of the coil and from the clamp member 6 extending through the coil as stated hereinbefore, and intersecting one another at a distance from the coil at which ointthe arms are formed into the curved U aws 8 and 7.

The extremities of the wire at the inner ends of the jaws are bent inwardly as at 7 a and 8a to prevent injury to the hands when the device is applied to the radiator. It will i be observed that the holder thus constructed of a single piece of spring wire includes a socket for the flag staff, in the form of the coil, a clamping member to secure the flag staff in the holder, provided by the part 6 extending through the coil, and two resilient j aw members which by clamping engagement with an interposed support, such as the filler neck of the automobile shown in Figure 1, secures the device in place.

The doubled construction of the jaws eliminates to a considerable extent the danger of marring the support, which was present whenthe device as originally constructed, was applied or removed.

, The supplemental holder element of the device, shown in Figure 3, comprises a curved shank 14 adapted to extend longitudinally through the coil of the main holder element H place by and conforms with the curvature of the convolutions of the same.

At the lower end of the shank is a notch 15 to admit the transverse portion 16 of the wire, which connects the lower end of the coil with the upwardly extending clamp member 6 and the upper end of the shank is formed into a flaring fan-shaped head 17 provided with radial sockets 18 for the support 0 of a plurality of flags.

Tho sockets are formed by cutting the metal of which the supplemental holder is made, to provide I-shaped slits and then bending the metal between and beyond the transverse end portions of the slits in opposite directions. All of this is readily accomplished-in a stamping and forming press so that the article may be produced at low cost and without manual work.

The notch in the lower end of the shank prevents independent rotation of the element 14, and the sockets 18 in the head are adapted to firmly secure thestafis ofa number of flags, as best shown in Figure 5 in which the flag stafi is indicated in broken lines.

' In the operation of the invention, the main holder is secured to the filler neck of the automobile by means ofthe resilient clamping jaws as is shown in Figure 1. The holder thus positioned may be employed to support a single flag 19 or in cooperation with the supplemental holder, a plurality of flags 20. When the single flag is used, the staff thereof, inserted in the coil, is clamped in the resilient member 6 as indicated in Figure 4, or when the supplemental holder is employed to support a plurality of flags, the shank thereof inserted in the coil, is likewise secured by the part 6 as illustrated in Fi re 6, and it will be apparent that both t e single flag staff and the supplemental holder may thus be secured together on the main holder without interfering with each other. 5 With the supplemental holder clamped in place by the part 6 and held against rotation by the portion 16 of the wire, inserted in the notch 15, a plurality of flags spread in fanlike arrangement may be supported on the main holder either by themselves or in additionto the larger flag the staff of which is inserted in the coil as hereinbefore described. It is to be understood that the invention is capable of a wider range of use than that shown in the drawings, in that it is applicable to supports'other than automobile radiators and in that it may support articles other than flags.

Having thus described my invention what claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A flag holder comprising a main holding element composed of a single piece of resihent wire formed to provide a coil, a

clamping member member and the corresponding end '0 extending longitudinally through the coil, and cooperatin jaws projecting from the corresponding ree ends of the coil and the clamping member, and a supplemental holding element having a shank extending lengthwise through the coil and having at one end, a notch to receive the part of the wire connecting the clam irlllg t e coil, and a head at the opposite end of the shank having means for supporting a fla 2. In a device of the character described, the combination with an element adapted to be attached to the filler neck of an automobile, and having a clamp to secure a flag holder, of a flag holder comprising a shank for its support on the element by means of its clamp, and at an end of the shank, a head composed of a plate of single thickness having a socket to admit the staff of a flag.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with an element adapted to be attached to the filler neck of an automobile, and having a clamp to secure a fla holder, of a flag holder comprising a sha for its support on the element by means of its clamp, and at an end of the shank, a head composed of a plate of single thickness having a socket to admit the stafi of a flag, the socket being formed by an I-shaped slit and parts of the head at opposite sides of the slit, genti outwardly from the body portion of the 4. A flag holder comprising in combination a supporting element, means to clamp said element to the filler neck of an automobile, and a flag holder supported by said element, said holder including a plate of single thickness having portions of the plate bent outward in opposite directions to provide a socket to admit the stafiof a flag, said plate having a portion extending across the socket to limit insertion of the flag staff,

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of an element adapted to be attached to the filler neck of an automobile, of a flag holder comprising a base for its suport on the element, means to secure said ase to said element, and at the upper ortion of the base, a head composed of a p late of single thickness having a socket to receive the staff of the flag, a portion of said plate extending across the socket, between said base and said head, thereby to limit insertion of the flag stafi.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination of an element adapted to be attached to the filler neck of an automobile with a flag holder comprising a basefor its support on the element, means to secure said base to said element, and at the up er portion of the base, a head composed o a plate of single thickness having a socket to receive the staff of the flag, said base having a portion ofi'set fromthe plane of the plate for engagement with said element to restrict relative movement between the element and the flag holder.

7. A flag holder comprising in combination, a supporting element, means to clamp said element to the filler neck of an. automobile and'a flag holder supported by said element, said holder including a plate of single thickness having portions of the plate bent outward in opposite directions to provide a. m socket to admit the staff of a flag, and'said plate having a portion offset from the plane of the plate for engagement with said element to restrict relative movement between the element and the flag holder. In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature.

HENRY SIEMANN. 

